The Mission of The Bugwood Work Group is to gather, create, maintain, promote the use of, and economically distribute digital information both as resources and as tools to enhance and complement information exchange and educational activities primarily in the fields of entomology, forestry, forest health and natural resources. ...

Care of trees and plants, treatment of diseases, insects, malnutrition and other pathologies with fertilizer, mycorrhixae, biostimulants and microinjection. Online ordering of products and books, also lists of professional arborists and pertinent links.

Fire blight is a bacterial disease that affects apple trees, pear trees and rosebushes. It is caused by a bacteria erwinia amylovora which attacks starting generally from the blossoms or flowers and moving up to the twigs and then the branches.

August 13, 2000 Puzzling Disease Devastating California Oaks By CAROL KAESUK YOON Peter DaSilva for The New York Times The bark of a coast live oak in San Rafael, Calif., a victim of sudden oak death syndrome, oozing sap. Researchers do not know how the disease moves from tree to tree, but some suspect humans are carrying it, sometimes on hiking boots, for example. Related Article The Natural ...